Tag: Komnas HAM
Rights commission discusses Papua peace talks with UN human rights commissioner
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has discussed the plan to hold a peaceful dialogue to resolve the problems in...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
Papuan students in Medan demand sacking of academic over racist tweet
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Scores of students from the Papuan Student Association (IMP) in Medan, North Sumatra, have held a protest action this week in...
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation
Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...
Lawmaker wants to dissolve ‘waste of money’ anti-graft, rights watchdogs
By Rizky Andwika in Jakarta
Indonesia's Coalition to Safeguard the National Human Rights Commission has conducted research on the track record of 60 National Human...
Komnas HAM to probe shutdown of World Press Day event in...
A trailer of the controversial documentary Pulau Buru Tanah Air Beta that tells the story of two political prisoners on Baru Island.
By Bambang Muryanto...
President Widodo ‘lying about 1965 mass killings’, says rights chief
By Abraham Utama in Jakarta
National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Commissioner Dianto Bachriadi claims Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is lying about the...
